We are seeking proposals for the sixteenth annual New Frontiers in Graduate History Conference. We encourage papers from a wide range of national, regional, thematic, and methodological backgrounds. New Frontiers is an excellent opportunity for both MA and PhD students in history and related fields to present papers to colleagues from across Canada and the United States. We will be accepting papers on any geographic location and on a wide range of themes and topics including but not limited to:

History and Theory; Public Memory and Commemoration;
Law, Politics, Protest and the State; Science, Medicine, Technology and Society; Religion; Race, Ethnicity, and Identity; Gender, Sexuality, and the Body; Empire and Nation;
Popular Culture and Consumerism; Environment and Society;
Migration and Diaspora; Work, Class, and Community

Applicants are invited to submit 250-word proposals for individual papers or panels of either two or three papers. Submissions must be accompanied by a short biographical statement and email contact information. The deadline for submissions is November 18, 2011.

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